DictionaryThesaurusScrabbleExamplesQuiz

normally meaning

EN

    Definition of normally in English Dictionary

  • AdverbCOMmore normallySUPmost normallyPREnor-SUF-ly
    1. Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time.
      1. Normally, I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
    2. In the expected or customary manner.
      1. Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
    3. To a usual or customary extent or degree.
      1. He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.
    4. (mathematics, statistics) In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.
    5. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Flag-jacking normally occurs when Americans pose as Canadians in order to be thought of more favorably by the locals they encounter.
        • Chief of defence staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk said last week he would fast-track the reenrolment of anyone who's been retired for five years or less, a process that normally takes six months to a year.
        • It is true that [ … ] the questions of the justification of inductive inferences normally lead to further problems, associated with the phenomenon of the underdetermination of theory by experience.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Normally I just put tomato purée on my pizza, but today I made my own tomato sauce. It was delicious.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adverbs
        • Degree adverbs
          • Time adverbs
            • Frequency adverbs
          • Morphemes
            • Suffixes
              • Words by suffix
                • Words suffixed with -ly
          Related Links:
          1. en normally black
          2. en normally white
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of normally for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "normally" is an adverb, more specifically, a degree adverb and a time adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
          Difficultness: Level 4
          12345678910
          Easy     ➨     Difficult
          Definiteness: Level 3
          12345678910
          Definite    ➨     Versatile